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Libyan government forces take strategic town in battle for Tripoli
Human rights groups have accused Haftar and his militia of indiscriminately bombing and shelling civilian targets, specifically in an offensive on Tripoli launched in April. "The LNA had to reinforce its troops around the airport and this is why they weakened their positions in Gharyan", she said. Forces of the UN-backed Libyan government on Thursday said they intercepted a convoy of the eastern... [Full Article...]
Un policier décède dans un attentat — Tunis
Face à la multiplication des rumeurs sur la mort du président tunisien sur les réseaux sociaux, son conseille principal a demandé de " ne pas se laisser emporter " par les fausses informations en assurant que " l'état du président se stabilise ". [Full Article...]
In major elections ruling, U.S. Supreme Court allows partisan map drawing
House of Representatives; and in North Carolina , where Republicans controlled the state legislature, they used the same tactics to isolate and limit Democratic power, and maximize their own. Thomas), which the high court did in January 2019 . The other temporarily blocks the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question on the 2020 census . [Full Article...]
Avowed white supremacist gets life sentence in Charlottesville hate crime vehicle attack
The car-ramming incident capped a day of tensions and physical clashes between hundreds of white nationalists , white supremacists and neo-Nazis who had assembled in Charlottesville to protest plans to remove statues of two Confederate generals, and groups of opposing demonstrators. [Full Article...]
Migrant rescue boat enters Italian waters, defying government ban
A boat carrying migrants rescued in the Mediterranean has reached the Italian island of Lampedusa, despite Italy's warnings that it should stay out of its territorial waters. Salvini has threatened to not register the migrants on arrival and to send them on elsewhere in Europe, but Brussels has warned this would result in a penalty procedure for Rome . [Full Article...]
Catastrophic wildfire in Spain sparked by pile of manure
The fire comes amid the heat wave that is boosting temperatures across Europe . On Thursday, France's weather service, Meteo France, said it recorded the country's highest-ever temperature for the month of June, at 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit) in Grospierres, a village in the country's southeast. [Full Article...]
Putin invites Trump to Russia to mark war anniversary
The exchange at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka echoed one of the defining moments of Trump's presidency from a year ago in Helsinki, Finland. "For us in Europe, these are and will remain essential and vibrant values". "He said: "[Liberals] can not simply dictate anything to anyone just like they have been attempting to do over the recent decades. "The Prime Minister said that terrorism is s... [Full Article...]
Biden gives up instead of finishing answer on race record
The debate also included U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Kirsten Gillibrand, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, self-help guru Marianne Williamson and entrepreneur Andrew Yang. But he was left denying Harris' comments on a technicality, saying he didn't oppose public school busing, just it being ordered by the Department of Education - decrying federal intervention on the issue on beha... [Full Article...]
From Japan, Trump Belittles Bernie And Biden
US officials said Trump would also warn Putin against continued election meddling. Putin has denied that Russian Federation meddled in the American election to help Trump win, even though Mueller uncovered extensive evidence to the contrary. [Full Article...]
2,500 evacuated following find of WWII bombs near Frankfurt
In an update on the matter, following another in-depth examination of the crater by the battle equipment service, it was confirmed that a world war bomb has been disposed of, the police reported. The components relied on a north-south orientation after a bomb fell - with an air-powered fin that spun as the bomb descended. A construction worker died in Euskirchen in 2012 after he dug into an unexpl... [Full Article...]
Pope expresses sadness over image of drowned father, child
The photos published by the Mexican newspaper La Jornada were distributed worldwide by The Associated Press . Details of the incident were confirmed Tuesday by a Tamaulipas government official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, and by Martinez's mother back in El Salvador, Rosa Ramirez , who spoke with her daughter-in-law by phone aft... [Full Article...]
Pyongyang warns South Korea not to mediate North's talks with US
President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that Washington and Pyongyang officials are holding backdoor talks to arrange a third Trump-Kim meeting, in a written interview with foreign and local press agencies. Before becoming Moon's Unification Minister in April, Kim Yeon-chul was a well-known liberal scholar who expressed passionate support for engagement and economic cooperation with North Korea a... [Full Article...]
On lui tire dessus, elle perd son fœtus, c'est elle qu'on poursuit
L'une d'entre elles, The Yellowhammer Fund, a déclaré dans un communiqué: "L'État d'Alabama montre une nouvelle fois qu'à partir du moment où une femme tombe enceinte , sa seule responsabilité est de produire un bébé en vie et en bonne santé, et qu'il considère que toute action de la personne enceinte pouvant entraver la naissance constitue un acte criminel". [Full Article...]
Keep Expectations Low for Mueller's July Congressional Testimony
Angela Merkel seen shaking uncontrollably for second time in month
Ms Merkel was seen shaking two weeks ago when she met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy , but later said she felt better after drinking some water. Merkel was standing alongside President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a ceremony in Berlin where Germany's new justice minister was being formally appointed when she was seen trembling as she folded her arms across her chest. [Full Article...]
Brazilian airman arrested in Spain with cocaine before president's stopover
The officer was detained in Seville, Spain , when the back-up plane travelling to Osaka made a stop-over, a statement released by the Brazilian defence ministry said. "We will not tolerate [this] disrespect to our country!" he wrote. In an earlier statement , the head of state said Brazil's armed forces are comprised of 300,000 ethically upstanding servicemen and women, and that he had... [Full Article...]
American killed by shark attack in Bahamas
She was a "devoted animal lover and climate change advocate", university President Timothy Law Snyder said in a statement , according to CBS. A California woman has died in the Bahamas following an attack by multiple sharks , reports said. [Full Article...]
Democratic candidates begin 1st 2020 presidential debate
But they also turned their fire on each other, most often targeting Beto O'Rourke. Two candidates, US Senator Elizabeth Warren of MA and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio , raised their hands enthusiastically in support of replacing a private insurance system with a government-run Medicare for All. [Full Article...]
Trump évoque l'éventualité d'une guerre courte contre l'Iran
Dans ces circonstances ultratendues faisant craindre un embrasement, Donald Trump a évoqué mercredi la possibilité d'une guerre courte contre Téhéran, potentiellement dévastatrice selonlui. L'Iran avait accusé mardi les Etats-Unis d'avoir " fermé de façon permanente la voie de la diplomatie ". Pas de bol, en effet, puisque Trump a confondu le Guide suprême de l'Iran (de 1979 jusqu'à sa mort) ... [Full Article...]
New flaw discovered on Boeing 737 Max, sources say
United said it would not use the plane until 3 September, forcing the cancellation of 1,900 scheduled flights with the planes which have been grounded due to two deadly crashes within five months. Boeing's aircraft are being subjected to intense scrutiny and testing created to catch flaws even after a years-long certification process. Southwest Airlines and American Airlines had already m... [Full Article...]